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Get the latest news and stats from Burton Hockey.Kyle KuschStefan KloppMon, 09 October 2017 00:00:00 PSTBoxscore October 09, 2017-Sam the Saviour Scale: 10/10 (with the near impossibility of finding a second goalie these days, Sam's willingness to play net on the rare occasions when he's in town is huge for VRH)
-Glorious sunshine scale: 7/10 (the day started off cloudy but soon the glorious sun would grace us with it's presence)
-Temperature scale: 7/10 (the day started off almost a little chilly but once bodies got warmed up and the sun blazed down it was almost just slightly too warm)
-Perfect number of players scale: 8/10 (a sub on each team was pretty much perfect, until the last game when it shifed back to 3 on 3)
-New players scale: 7.5/10 (Patrick Latham, a friend of Melvin, becomes the latest Burton Hockey addition)
-Return of long absent regulars scale: 7.5/10 (Melvin rejoins us after a considerable absence)
-Evenness of teams/series scale: 5/10 (a couple games were really even and a couple more lopsided)
-Session intensity scale: 7/10 (despite the lengthy absence the intensity was ramped up today)
-Session openness / offensiveness scale: 5/10 (a relatively tight day with some more openess and rushes towards the end)
-Domination by one player scale: 6/10 (Andy had a strong day as usual, and Pat certainly showed he belonged as well)
-Redemptions Achieved Scale: 2/10 (teams were switched frequently so not much chance today)
-Epicness of Games Scale: 3/10 (the games went pretty quickly today except for Game 4's OT thriller)
-Exceptional goaltending performance scale: 7/10 (some absolutely phenomenal saves by both goalies today)
-Length of session scale: 6.5/10 (given most weren't in game shape, almost 3 hours was a solid outing)
-Fun of session scale: 7/10 (great to finally get out there again after an almost half a year off)
-Chance of future sessions in coming weeks scale: 3/10 (not too likely given difficulty getting two goalies, markets, people out of town, general business and the likely upcoming fall rainy season)http://www.burtonhockey.com/boxscores.php?action=view_session&id=444&view=all
Boxscore May 13, 2017One year, six months and nineteen days. That's how long it's been since VRH has last
hit the pavement of Ambleside, or any Burton Hockey has been played for that matter.
After a Murphy-ish year in 2016, and only the second attempt to even organize a session
this year (due to several factors), it would take nothing short of a miracle for this session
come to fruition. But indeed the stars would truly align on this day; not only would Sam
happen to be in town for just this weekend, but numbers would work out near-perfectly,
and after an early morning scare (a change in the forecast for the worse and showers on
the radar) Murphy would take a break on this day and we'd be blessed with a moderate
mix of sun & cloud which couldn't have been better for hockey.
The first game would see Rob-Stefan-Tony-Bernie-Dom(G) face Darrel-Ryno-Ollie-
Sam(G). Play was fairly even but Team Dom would win it on the back or a Rob hat-trick
and a 4 point effort from Tony. Of course it wouldn't be VRH without a chance for
redemption, and indeed Sam would provide some great goaltending to backstop his team
to a 5-3 win, while Darrel would lead the offensive charge with 5 points. It would only
be fitting that the “rubber match” would go to sudden death OT. While team Sam
outplayed their opposition, Dom's non-stop highlight reel antics kept his team in the
game, but eventually Rhino would put it away for the series win. After one more game
and over 2.5 hours of hockey total, the exhaustion was evident and the session would end.
Props to Laura for being stats keeper and driver today!
Though it was great to get another session in the books and the game itself could not
have been more enjoyable, what truly made this session special was the friendship &
camaraderie that Burton Hockey brings, and seeing some familiar faces again (it's been
far too long!).
While the general short-term outlook doesn't look great (people out of town / busy, not
enough goalies etc.), VRH will always be ready, waiting in the wings, ready to pounce
the moment ol' Murph looks the other way!
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Boxscore October 24, 2015-Glorious sunshine scale: 4/10 (after being sunny all week a thin cloud layer moved in in the morning)
-Temperature scale: 9/10 (about as close to an ideal temperature as it gets for hockey)
-Perfect number of players scale: 4/10 (no subs made things a little more difficult than usual)
-New players scale: 0/10
-Return of long absent regulars scale: 7/10 (Both Griff and Derek Wiggins – no relation to the basketball phenom – made their returns)
-Evenness of teams/series scale: 4/10 (the first couple games were a bit lopsided but the last game proved to be a close one)
-Session intensity scale: 5/10
-Session openness / offensiveness scale: 7.5/10 (with occasional 2on2 and a lot of exhaustion in general, the game was quite open with a fair amount of rushes today)
-Domination by one player scale: 4/10 (Andy was his usual solid self, and Derek had a very strong showing as well)
-Redemptions Achieved Scale: 6/10 (one pretty massive redemption comeback for Dom's team in the last game, to win it after being down 4-2)
-Epicness of Games Scale: 6/10 (the last game proved fairly epic with a long drawn out comeback)
-Exceptional goaltending performance scale: 7.5/10 (the stats may not quite reflect it today due to the large volume of high quality chances but there was some phenomenal goaltending by both goalies today)
-Shots on own goalie scale: 9.3/10 (about 4 accidental ones by Bernie, topped only by an INTENTIONAL shot on his own goalie – Stu - by Rob after he forgot which end was his)
-Length of session scale: 3/10 (with no subs, 3 games over 2 hours had everyone pretty spent)
-Fun of session scale: 7/10 (great to finally get out there again after an almost 2 month break)
-Chance of future sessions in coming weeks scale: 4/10 (tough to say, many factors have to align perfectly for sessions to happen these days)
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Boxscore September 06, 2015- Glorious sunshine scale: 6/10 (nice mix of sun and cloud)
- Temperature scale: 7.5/10 (nice moderate temps for this time of year)
- Perfect number of players scale: 9/10 (one sub on each team)
- New players scale: 9.6/10 (Travis, a friend of Tony's, enters as a goalie and his brother a skater; also Colby's long awaited VRH debut)
- Return of long absent regulars scale: 0/10
- Evenness of teams/series scale: 6/10 (despite a few blow-outs the teams were relatively even for most of the session)
- Session intensity scale: 7.5/10 (started out ferociously and then waned a bit as people tired)
- Session openness / offensiveness scale: 6/10 (more open later in the session)
- Domination by one player scale: 3/10 (very even out there today; Klopp & Tony had strong sessions; Ryno was a goal scoring machine)
- Redemptions Achieved Scale: 6/10 (some solid redemption by Travis' team in the second game of series 2 winning 5-1; then double reverse redemption by Dom's team to win the next game 5-1 taking the series)
- Epicness of Games Scale: 3/10 (only one OT game today)
- Exceptional goaltending performance scale: 6/10 (some very solid goal stretches today for both goalies but also a couple very quick games near the end)
- Length of session scale: 8/10 (A pretty pedestrian ~ 3 hours of play but an impressive 6 games in that span)
- Fun of session scale: 9/10 (it was an absolute blast to get back out there again)
- Chance of future sessions in coming weeks scale: 5/10 (it's certainly great having some new players/goalies in the fold, but with a lot of busyness over the next few weeks, along with the start of the Master Bladers season, this one is tough to call)
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Boxscore August 03, 2015-Glorious sunshine scale: 8/10 (our hopes for clouds were dashed)
-Temperature scale: 2/10 (an average warm summer day, not unbearable but far from ideal)
-Perfect number of players scale: 6/10 (one sub on one team)
-New players scale: 0/10
-Return of long absent regulars scale: 0/10
-Evenness of teams/series scale: 7/10 (perhaps not always shown on the score-sheet, the teams were remarkably even today)
-Session intensity scale: 6.5/10
-Session openness / offensiveness scale: 4/10 (a bit of a defensive grind-fest today)
-Domination by one player scale: 5/10 (Darrel and Andy were both pretty instrumental to their teams today)
-Redemptions Achieved Scale: 5/10 (Bron's team achieves redemption winning the second game of the second series)
-Epicness of Games Scale: 6/10 (some long defensive games, and a 5-4 nail bitter in the second game)
-Exceptional goaltending performance scale: 7/10 (It took a little time for the goalies to shake the rust off but some great goaltending was witnessed in the latter half of the session)
-Length of session scale: 4/10 (only 3 games but still about 2.5 hours of hockey in the grueling heat)
-Fun of session scale: 8/10 (great to finally get out there again after a month & a half absense)
-Chance of future sessions in coming weeks scale: 3/10 (doesn't look too good with many people out of town over the following few weeks)
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